List of tallest buildings in San Francisco

San Francisco is a major city in the U.S state of California. The broader San Francisco Bay Area has a population of up to 9.2 million residents as of 2023. San Francisco has over 480 high-rises,^[1] 58 of which are at least 400 feet (122 m) tall. San Francisco has one of the largest skylines in the Western United States. It has the second most skyscrapers taller than 492 feet (150 m) in California and the Western U.S, with 26, after Los Angeles. The tallest building in the city is Salesforce Tower, a supertall skyscraper completed in 2018 at a height of 1,070 ft (326.1 m). It is the 18th-tallest building in the United States and the second tallest in California.

Tall buildings in San Francisco
San Francisco from Marin Headlands in 2025
Tallest building	Salesforce Tower (2018)
Tallest building height	1,070 ft (326.1 m)
First 150 m+ building	44 Montgomery (1967)
Number of tall buildings
Buildings above 100 m	102 (2025)
Buildings above 150 m	27 (2025)
Buildings above 200 m	5
Buildings above 300 m	1
Number of tall buildings (feet)
Buildings above 300 ft	126 (2025)

The city's second-tallest building is the Transamerica Pyramid, which rises 853 ft (260 m), and was previously the city's tallest for 45 years, from 1972 to 2017.^[2] The city's third-tallest building is 181 Fremont, rising to 802 ft (244 m).

History

California's first skyscraper was the 218-foot (66 m) Chronicle Building in San Francisco, which was completed in 1890. M. H. de Young, owner of the San Francisco Chronicle, commissioned Burnham and Root to design a signature tower to convey the power of his newspaper.^[3] Not to be outdone, de Young's rival, industrialist Claus Spreckels, purchased the San Francisco Call in 1895 and commissioned a tower of his own that would dwarf the Chronicle Building.^[4] The 315-foot (96 m) Call Building was completed in 1898 and stood across Market Street from the Chronicle Building. The Call Building (later named the Spreckels Building, and Central Tower today) would remain the city's tallest for nearly a quarter century.

Both steel-framed structures survived the 1906 earthquake, demonstrating that tall buildings could be safely constructed in earthquake country.^[5][6] Other early twentieth-century skyscrapers above 200 feet (61 m) include the Merchants Exchange Building (1903), Humboldt Bank Building (1908), Hobart Building (1914), and Southern Pacific Building (1916). Another skyscraper boom took hold during the 1920s, when several Neo-Gothic and Art Deco high rises, reaching three to four hundred feet (90 to 120 m) in height, were constructed, including the Standard Oil Building (1922), Pacific Telephone Building (1925), Russ Building (1927), Hunter-Dulin Building (1927), 450 Sutter Medical Building (1929), Shell Building (1929), and McAllister Tower (1930).^[7]

The Great Depression and World War II halted any further skyscraper construction until the 1950s when the Equitable Life Building (1955) and Crown-Zellerbach Building (1959) were completed. Many of San Francisco's tallest buildings, particularly its office skyscrapers,^[8] were completed in a building boom from the late 1960s until the late 1980s.^[9] During the 1960s, at least 40 new skyscrapers were built,^[10] and the Hartford Building (1965), 44 Montgomery (1967), Bank of America Center (1969), and Transamerica Pyramid (1972) each, in turn, took the title of the tallest building in California upon completion. At 853 feet (260 m) tall, the Transamerica Pyramid was one of the most controversial, with critics suggesting that it be torn down even before it was completed.^[10]

This surge of construction was dubbed "Manhattanization" by opponents and led to local legislation that set some of the strictest building height limits and regulations in the country.^[11] In 1985, San Francisco adopted the Downtown Plan, which slowed development in the Financial District north of Market Street and directed it to the area South of Market around the Transbay Terminal.^[12] Over 250 historic buildings were protected from development and developers were required to set aside open space for new projects.^[13] To prevent excessive growth and smooth the boom-and-bust building cycle, the Plan included an annual limit of 950,000 square feet (88,000 m²) for new office development, although it grandfathered millions of square feet of proposals already in the development pipeline. In response, voters approved Proposition M in November 1986 that reduced the annual limit to 475,000 square feet (44,100 m²) until the grandfathered square footage was accounted for, which occurred in 1999.^[14][15]

Aerial photo of downtown San Francisco, 2015. The Transamerica Pyramid is visible on the right. The foundation of the Salesforce Tower is visible on the lower left.

These limits, combined with the early 1990s recession, led to a significant slowdown of skyscraper construction during the late 1980s and 1990s. To guide new development, the city passed several neighborhood plans, such as the Rincon Hill Plan in 2005 and Transit Center District Plan in 2012, which allow taller skyscrapers in certain specific locations in the South of Market area.^[16] Since the early 2000s, the city has been undergoing another building boom, with numerous buildings over 400 feet (122 m) proposed, approved, or under construction; some, such as the two-towered One Rincon Hill and mixed-use 181 Fremont, have been completed. Multiple skyscrapers have been constructed near the new Salesforce Transit Center, including Salesforce Tower, which topped-out in 2017 at a height of 1,070 feet (330 m).^[17][18] This building is the first supertall skyscraper in San Francisco and among the tallest in the United States.

Tallest buildings

This list ranks San Francisco skyscrapers that stand at least 300 feet (91 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed.

  Was the tallest building in San Francisco upon completion

Rank	Name	Image	Coordinates	Height ft (m)	Floors	Purpose	Year	Notes
1	Salesforce Tower		37.7899°N 122.3969°W / 37.7899; -122.3969 (Salesforce Tower)	1,070 (326)	61	Office	2018	18th-tallest building in the United States 2nd-tallest building in California Tallest building in San Francisco since 2018 Tallest building constructed in San Francisco in the 2010s[19]
2	Transamerica Pyramid		37°47′42.72″N 122°24′10.08″W	853 (260)	48	Office	1972	5th-tallest building in California Tallest building in San Francisco from 1972 until 2018, when Salesforce Tower was topped-off.[20] Tallest building on the West Coast from 1972 until 1974 Tallest building constructed in San Francisco in the 1970s[2][21][22]
3	181 Fremont		37.78970°N 122.39535°W / 37.78970; -122.39535 (181 Fremont)	810 (246.9)	56	Mixed-use	2018	2nd-tallest mixed-use residential building west of the Mississippi River.[23][24] Mixed-use hotel and residential building.[25]
4	555 California Street		37°47′30.84″N 122°24′13.68″W	779 (237.4)	52	Office	1969	Tallest building in San Francisco and on the West Coast from 1969 to 1972 Tallest building constructed in the city in the 1960s Formerly known as Bank of America Center Largest office building in San Francisco by floor area.[26][27][28]
5	345 California Center		37°47′33.00″N 122°24′1.80″W	695 (211.8)	48	Mixed-use	1986	Mixed-use hotel and office building. Tallest mid-block skyscraper in San Francisco Tallest building constructed in the city in the 1980s[29][30] The height shown includes flagpoles.
6	Millennium Tower		37°47′25.44″N 122°23′45.96″W	645 (196.6)	58	Residential	2009	Tallest building constructed in the city in the 2000s.[31] The Millennium Tower has tilted up to 2 inches a year and has sunk as much as 3 inches per year.
7	The Avery		37°47′16″N 122°23′39″W	618 (188.4)	56	Residential	2019	[32][33][34][35]
8	Park Tower at Transbay		37°47′25″N 122°23′39″W	605 (184.5)	43	Office	2018	[36][37][38][39]
9	One Rincon Hill		37°47′8.8″N 122°23′31.7″W	605 (184.4)	54	Residential	2008	Originally known as One Rincon Hill South Tower. Tallest entirely residential building in the city from 2008 to 2019.[40][41]
10	101 California Street		37°47′34.26″N 122°23′52.55″W	600 (183)	48	Office	1982	[42]
11	Salesforce West		37°47′25.7″N 122°23′50.1″W	600 (183)	43	Office	1985	Previously known as 50 Fremont Center.[43]
12	575 Market Street		37°47′22.38″N 122°24′1.08″W	573 (174.7)	40	Office	1975	Formerly Standard Oil Buildings and later the Chevron Towers. Part of the Market Center.[44]
13	Four Embarcadero Center		37°47′42.72″N 122°23′45.96″W	570 (173.7)	45	Office	1984	[45]
14	One Embarcadero Center		37°47′40.2″N 122°23′58.92″W	569 (173.4)	45	Office	1970	[46][47]
15	44 Montgomery Street		37°47′23.28″N 122°24′6.48″W	565 (172.3)	43	Office	1967	Tallest building in San Francisco and California from 1967 to 1969[48][49]
16	Spear Tower		37°47′35.84″N 122°23′40.27″W	564 (172)	42	Office	1976	[50][51]
17	One Sansome Street		37°47′25.5″N 122°24′4.6″W	550 (168)	43	Office	1984	Also known as the Citigroup Center[52][53]
18	The Harrison		37°47′11.04″N 122°23′31.44″W	541 (165)	45	Residential	2014	Originally known as One Rincon Hill North Tower.[54][55][56]
19	One Front Street		37°47′30.5″N 122°23′55.7″W	538 (164)	38	Office	1982	Also known as Shaklee Terraces and 444 Market Street[57][58]
20	McKesson Plaza		37°47′19.32″N 122°24′9.36″W	529 (161.2)	38	Office	1969	Also known as One Post Street.[59][60]
21	First Market Tower		37°47′25.80″N 122°23′56.76″W	529 (161.2)	38	Office	1972	[61][62]
22	425 Market Street		37°47′27.96″N 122°23′53.16″W	524 (159.7)	38	Office	1973	[63][64]
23	Four Seasons Private Residences at 706 Mission Street		37°47′10″N 122°24′9″W	510 (155.5)	43	Mixed-use	2020	Mixed-use residential and museum building. Permanent home of the Mexican Museum, located in the bottom four floors.[65][66][67]
24	One Montgomery Tower		37°47′20.76″N 122°24′11.88″W	500 (152.4)	38	Office	1982	Formerly the Pacific Telesis Tower. Part of the Post Montgomery Center complex.[68][69]
25	333 Bush Street		37°47′26.16″N 122°24′10.80″W	495 (150.9)	43	Mixed-use	1986	Mixed-use office and residential building.[70][71]
26	Hilton San Francisco Union Square		37°47′7.08″N 122°24′39.24″W	493 (150.3)	46	Hotel	1971	Tallest building used exclusively as a hotel in the city[72][73]
27	Pacific Gas & Electric Building		37°47′29.76″N 122°23′44.88″W	492 (150)	34	Office	1971	In September 2021, it was proposed that the building be reskinned for $106 million and be addressed as 200 Mission Street (now 77 Beale Street).[74][75][76]
28	50 California Street		37°47′38.40″N 122°23′50.64″W	487 (148.4)	37	Office	1972	Also known as Union Bank Building[77][78]
29	555 Mission Street		37°47′18.60″N 122°23′54.96″W	487 (148.4)	33	Office	2008	Tallest office building completed in the 2000s[79][80][81]
30	St. Regis Museum Tower		37°47′10.68″N 122°24′4.68″W	484 (147.5)	42	Mixed-use	2005	Mixed-use hotel and residential building.[82][83]
31	100 Pine Center		37°47′33.32″N 122°23′56.21″W	476 (145.1)	34	Office	1972	[84][85]
32	45 Fremont Street		37°47′28.32″N 122°23′49.56″W	476 (145)	34	Office	1979	Also known as the Bechtel Building[86][87]
33	333 Market Street		37°47′30.98″N 122°23′51.00″W	472 (144)	33	Office	1979	[88][89]
34	650 California Street		37°47′34.2″N 122°24′18.7″W	466 (142)	33	Office	1964	Tallest building in California from 1965 to 1967. Also known as the Hartford Building[90][91]
35	100 First Plaza		37°47′21.0″N 122°23′51.0″W	447 (136.2)	27	Office	1988	Also known as Delta Dental Tower[92][93]
36	340 Fremont Street		37°47′13.23″N 122°23′33.86″W	440 (134.1)	40	Residential	2016	[94]
37	500 Folsom		37°47′14″N 122°23′43″W	440 (134)	43	Residential	2019	[95][96]
38	One California		37°47′35.52″N 122°23′49.92″W	438 (133.5)	32	Office	1969	[97][98]
39	San Francisco Marriott Marquis		37°47′5.64″N 122°24′15.48″W	436 (132.9)	39	Hotel	1989	[99][100]
40	140 New Montgomery		37°47′13.20″N 122°24′0.00″W	435 (132.7)	26	Office	1925	Tallest building completed in San Francisco in the 1920s Originally called the Pacific Telephone Building[101][102]
41	Russ Building		37°47′28.32″N 122°24′10.08″W	435 (132.6)	32	Office	1927	Second tallest building completed in San Francisco in the 1920s[103][104]
42	500 Folsom		37°47′14″N 122°23′42″W	435 (132.6)	42	Residential	2019	[105]
43	415 Natoma Street		37°46′53″N 122°24′21″W	435 (132.6)	25	Office	2022	[106]
44	Jasper		37°47′9.19″N 122°23′37.61″W	430 (131)	39	Residential	2015	[107][108][109]
45	MIRA		37°47′23.9″N 122°23′30.0″W	427 (130)	39	Residential	2020	[110][111][112][113][114][115]
46	505 Montgomery Street		37°47′38″N 122°24′12″W	425 (129.5)	24	Office	1988	[116]
47	Fifteen Fifty		37°46′25.3″N 122°25′5.7″W	422 (128.6)	37	Residential	2020	Also known as 1550 Mission Street[117][118]
48	JPMorgan Chase Building		37°47′19.6″N 122°23′58.0″W	420 (128)	31	Office	2002	[119]
49	The Infinity II		37°47′21.76″N 122°23′26.39″W	420 (128)	41	Residential	2009	[120]
50	The Paramount		37°47′12.0″N 122°24′7.0″W	418 (127.4)	40	Residential	2002	[121][122]
51	Providian Financial Building		37°47′28.40″N 122°23′42.16″W	417 (127)	30	Office	1983	Also known as the Pacific Gateway Building[123][124]
52	Two Embarcadero Center		37°47′41.8″N 122°23′54.5″W	413 (126)	31	Office	1974	[125][126]
53	Three Embarcadero Center		37°47′42.5″N 122°23′50.5″W	413 (126)	31	Office	1976	[127][128]
54	Salesforce East		37°47′27.31″N 122°23′48.25″W	413 (125.9)	27	Office	2015	Also known by its street address, 350 Mission Street.[129][130]
55	595 Market Street		37°47′21.31″N 122°24′2.92″W	410 (125)	30	Office	1979	[131][132]
56	123 Mission Street		37°47′30.84″N 122°23′40.20″W	407 (124)	29	Office	1986	[133][134]
57	101 Montgomery		37°47′25.44″N 122°24′8.64″W	404 (123)	28	Office	1984	[135][136]
58	275 Battery Street		37°47′37.9″N 122°24′1.6″W	404 (123)	33	Office	1989	Also known as Embarcadero Center West or Embarcadero West[137][138]
59	100 Van Ness Avenue		37°46′36.2″N 122°25′09.1″W	400 (122)	30	Residential	1974	Originally completed as an office tower in 1974 as the California Automobile Association Building. Renovated as a residential tower in 2015.[139][140][141]
60	Westin-St. Francis Hotel Tower		37°47′16″N 122°24′34″W	400 (121.9)	32	Hotel	1972	[142]
61	LUMINA I		37°47′19.30″N 122°23′31.99″W	400 (121.9)	42	Residential	2015	[143][144]
62	399 Fremont Street		37°47′14″N 122°23′32″W	400 (121.9)	42	Residential	2016	[145]
63	One Maritime Plaza		37°47′44″N 122°23′57″W	398 (121.3)	25	Office	1967	[146]
64	Four Seasons Hotel & Residences		37°47′11″N 122°24′16″W	398 (121.3)	40	Mixed-use	2001	Mixed-use hotel and residential building[147]
65	1500 Mission Street		37°46′32″N 122°25′04″W	396 (120.7)	39	Residential	2020	[148]
66	8 NEMA	–	37°46′34″N 122°25′03″W	387 (118)	37	Residential	2014	Also known as NEMA North Tower.[149]
67	33 New Montgomery	–	37°47′19″N 122°24′05″W	382 (116.5)	21	Office	1986	[150]
68	Spera SF		37°47′14″N 122°23′47″W	380 (115.8)	35	Residential	2017	Also known as 33 Tehama.[151]
69	535 Mission Street		37°47′20″N 122°23′53″W	379 (115.4)	26	Office	2015	[152]
70	Shell Building		37°47′29″N 122°24′00″W	378 (115.2)	29	Office	1929	[153]
71	456 Montgomery Street		37°47′37″N 122°24′10″W	378 (115.2)	26	Office	1986	[154]
72	388 Market Street		37°47′32″N 122°23′53″W	375 (114.3)	26	Office	1985	[155]
73	Hyatt Regency San Francisco Downtown SOMA	–	37°47′12″N 122°24′11″W	374 (114)	34	Hotel	1984	Formerly the The Westin San Francisco Market Street[156]
74	222 Second Street		37°47′11″N 122°23′54″W	370 (112.8)	26	Office	2015	[157]
75	San Francisco Hilton Hotel Financial District	–	37°47′43″N 122°24′15″W	365 (111.3)	30	Hotel	1971	Also known as SF Chinese Cultural Center[158]
76	199 Fremont Street		37°47′24″N 122°23′41″W	365 (111.3)	27	Office	2000	[159]
77	Steuart Tower		37°47′36″N 122°23′38″W	364 (111)	27	Office	1976	[160]
78	88 Kearny Street		37°47′19″N 122°24′12″W	363 (110.6)	22	Office	1986	[161]
79	Two Transamerica Plaza	–	37°47′42″N 122°24′07″W	362 (110.3)	20	Office	1980	[162]
80	180 Montgomery Street		37°47′27″N 122°24′07″W	360 (109.8)	25	Office	1979	Also known as Bank of the West Building[163]
81	425 California Street		37°47′34″N 122°24′05″W	359 (109.4)	27	Office	1967	[164]
82	100 Montgomery Street		37°47′25″N 122°24′07″W	356 (108.5)	25	Office	1955	Also known as the Equitable Life Building.[165]
83	Grand Hyatt San Francisco		37°47′21″N 122°24′26″W	355 (108.2)	35	Hotel	1972	[166]
84	101 Second Street		37°47′17″N 122°23′57″W	354 (108)	26	Office	1999	[167]
85	Fox Plaza		37°46′37″N 122°25′04″W	354 (107.9)	29	Mixed-use	1967	Mixed-use residential and office building[168]
86	580 California Street		37°47′35″N 122°24′15″W	351 (107)	23	Office	1984	[169]
87	450 Sutter Street		37°47′22″N 122°24′28″W	350 (106.7)	26	Office	1929	[170]
88	Parc 55 San Francisco		37°47′06″N 122°24′32″W	350 (106.7)	32	Hotel	1984	[171]
89	The Infinity I		37°47′22″N 122°23′29″W	350 (106.7)	35	Residential	2008	[172]
90	LUMINA II		37°47′19″N 122°23′29″W	350 (106.7)	37	Residential	2015	[173]
91	601 California Street		37°47′32″N 122°24′17″W	349 (106.4)	22	Office	1960	Also known as the International Building[174]
92	Hilton San Francisco Union Square Tower II	–	37°47′09″N 122°24′39″W	348 (106)	23	Hotel	1987	[175]
93	135 Main Street	–	37°47′30″N 122°23′39″W	340 (103.6)	22	Office	1990	[176]
94	The InterContinental San Francisco		37°46′55″N 122°24′17″W	340 (103.6)	31	Hotel	2008	[177]
95	71 Stevenson Street	–	37°47′22″N 122°23′59″W	338 (103)	26	Office	1986	Also known as Stevenson Place[178]
96	Bridgeview	–	37°47′13″N 122°23′28″W	333 (101.4)	26	Residential	2002	[179]
97	Royal Towers Apartments	–	37°47′55″N 122°24′47″W	330 (100.6)	24	Residential	1964	[180]
98	KPMG Building		37°47′19″N 122°24′01″W	330 (100.6)	25	Office	2002	Also known by its street address, 55 Second Street.[181]
99	150 California Street		37°47′37″N 122°23′54″W	330 (100.6)	23	Office	1999	[182]
100	San Francisco Marriott Union Square		37°47′22″N 122°24′30″W	329 (100.3)	29	Hotel	1972	[183]
101	225 Bush Street		37°47′27″N 122°24′05″W	328 (100)	22	Office	1922	[184]
102	50 Beale Street		37°47′29″N 122°23′48″W	328 (100)	23	Office	1967	Also known as the Bechtel Building and the Blue Shield of California Building.[185]
103	Fairmont San Francisco	–	37°47′34″N 122°24′35″W	325 (99.1)	29	Hotel	1961	[186]
104	Union Bank Building	–	37°47′36″N 122°24′03″W	325 (99)	23	Office	1977	[187]
105	235 Pine Street		37°47′31″N 122°24′01″W	324 (98.8)	26	Office	1990	[188]
106	Hunter-Dulin Building		37°47′23″N 122°24′09″W	323 (98.3)	22	Office	1926	[189]
107	Central Plaza		37°47′26″N 122°23′54″W	318 (96.9)	23	Office	1987	[190]
108	Beacon Grand Hotel		37°47′20″N 122°24′30″W	315 (96)	22	Hotel	1928	Opened as, and also known as, the Sir Francis Drake Hotel.[191]
109	The Summit		37°47′54″N 122°24′55″W	315 (96)	32	Residential	1965	[192]
110	1455 Market Street		37°46′32″N 122°25′04″W	315 (96)	21	Office	1977	[193]
111	W San Francisco		37°47′08″N 122°24′01″W	315 (96)	33	Hotel	1999	[194]
112	Bank of California Building		37°47′36″N 122°24′06″W	314 (95.7)	21	Office	1967	[195]
113	353 Sacramento Street		37°47′38″N 122°23′59″W	313 (95.4)	23	Office	1983	[196]
114	Philip Burton Federal Building		37°46′55″N 122°25′05″W	312 (95.1)	21	Mixed-use	1959	Mixed-use office and government building[197]
115	Ritz Carlton Residence Club		37°47′18″N 122°24′12″W	312 (95.1)	24	Mixed-use	2006	Mixed-use residential and hotel building. A renovation of the Chronicle Building, considered the first high-rise in San Francisco. 14 new floors were buitl on top of the original ten in 2006.[198]
116	555 Market Street		37°47′24″N 122°24′00″W	311 (94.8)	22	Office	1964	[199]
117	McAllister Tower Apartments		37°46′52″N 122°24′50″W	310 (94.5)	28	Residential	1930	[200]
118	Bank of America Center - Annex Building	–	37°47′32″N 122°24′11″W	309 (94.2)	16	Office	1923	[201]
119	One Bush Plaza		37°47′28″N 122°24′00″W	308 (93.9)	20	Office	1959	[202]
120	215-245 Market Street	–	37°47′34″N 122°23′48″W	307 (93.5)	18	Office	1925	Formerly the headquarters of Pacific Gas & Electric[203]
121	301 Howard Street		37°47′22″N 122°23′39″W	307 (93.5)	23	Office	1988	[204]
122	Mark Hopkins Hotel		37°47′30″N 122°24′37″W	306 (93.3)	19	Hotel	1926	[205]
123	Trinity Place Building A	–	37°46′42″N 122°24′46″W	305 (93)	25	Residential	2009	[206]
124	Mills Tower		37°47′29″N 122°24′05″W	302 (92.1)	22	Office	1931	[207]
125	Montgomery - Washington Tower		37°47′43″N 122°24′13″W	300 (91.5)	26	Mixed-use	1984	Mixed-use office and residential building[208]
126	299 Fremont	–	37°47′18″N 122°23′37″W	300 (91.4)	25	Residential	2016	[209]

Tallest under construction or proposed

On hold

This lists buildings that are on hold in San Francisco and were originally planned to rise at least 300 feet (91 m).

Name	Coordinates	Height ft (m)	Floors	Use	Year (est.)	Notes
Oceanwide Center, Tower 1	37°47′24″N 122°23′53″W	910 (277)	61	Office, Residential	–	Will be the second tallest building in San Francisco once completed, only behind the Salesforce Tower. Construction started December 2016.[210][211][212][213]
Oceanwide Center, Tower 2	37°47′22.24″N 122°23′53.71″W	625 (191)	54	Hotel, Residential	–	This project contains a 169-room Waldorf Astoria San Francisco hotel on the first 21 floors and approximately 154 residential units on the upper 33 floors.[210][211][214]
30 Van Ness	37°46′32.4″N 122°25′08.5″W	540 (165)	—	Office, Residential	–	Architect: Solomon Cordwell Buenz[215][216][217] Construction is on hold since August 2023.[218][219]

Approved

This lists buildings that are approved for construction in San Francisco and are planned to rise at least 400 feet (122 m).

Name	Height ft (m)	Floors	Year (est.)	Coordinates	Notes
550 Howard Street (Parcel F)	806 (246)	61	2024/2025[220]	37.7880°N 122.3973°W / 37.7880; -122.3973 (Parcel F)	Approved in March 2021[221][222] The project contains 325,000 sqft of office space, 165 condos and 180 hotel rooms by Rosewood Hotels and Resorts.[223][224] Developed by a joint venture with Hines, Urban Pacific, and Goldman Sachs Asset Management and designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects.[220]
45 Third Street	600 (183)	52	—	37.786936°N 122.402549°W / 37.786936; -122.402549 (45 Third St)	Design by Skidmore Owings & Merrill The development is sponsored by Hearst and JMA Ventures.[225][226][227]
10 South Van Ness	590 (180)	55	—	37°46′28.2″N 122°25′05.7″W	Developer: Crescent Heights Architect: Handel Architects[228][229][230][231] Design: Kohn Pedersen Fox[232]
524 Howard Street	515 (157)	48	—	37°47′17.67″N 122°23′49.33″W	This project contains 334 residential units from developer Crescent Heights.[233][234][235][236]
200 Main Street (Transbay Block 4)	513 (156)	47	—	37°47′24.4″N 122°23′37.0″W	Hines is the property owner and Solomon Cordwell Buenz is the designer.[237]
5M Development – N1 Tower	470 (143)	40	—	37°46′52.34″N 122°24′25.23″W	Along with H1, N2 and M2 towers, this project is set on total 4 acres (1.6 ha) at Fifth and Mission.[238][239][240]
95 Hawthorne Street	444 (135)	42	—	37°47′6.1″N 122°23′52.4″W	Approved in October 2019.[241] Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)[242][243]
One Oak	437 (133)	40	—	37°46′30.37″N 122°25′12.04″W	This project would contain 304 condominiums.[244][245][246][247]
555 Howard Street	405 (123)	36	—	37.787424°N 122.396911°W / 37.787424; -122.396911 (555 Howard Street)	This project includes 69 condominiums over a 255-room hotel.[248][249][250] The ultra-luxury hotel will be named Langham Place.[251][252]
655 4th Street	440 (134)	39	—	37.777726°N 122.395432°W / 37.777726; -122.395432 (655 4th Street)	Approved in June 2019.[253][254] Developed by Tishman Speyer and designed by Bjarke Ingels Group[255] Tower A (37 floor and 400 ft high) and Tower B (39 floor and 440 ft high) .[256]

Proposed

This lists buildings that are proposed in San Francisco and are planned to rise at least 400 feet (122 m). Table entries with dashes (—) indicate that information regarding building floor counts or dates of completion has not yet been released.

Name	Height ft (m)	Floors*	Year* (est.)	Coordinates	Notes
77 Beale Street	1,225 (373)	–	—	37°47′31″N 122°23′45″W	Proposed in July 2025 by Hines.[257] If built, it would become the tallest building in San Francisco, 155 feet taller than the Salesforce Tower. It would also be the tallest building in the United States outside of New York City or Chicago.[257]
530 Howard Street	840 (256)	71	—	37°47′17.5″N 122°23′49.5″W	Proposed in November 2023 by Bayhill Ventures[258]
The Cube (620 Folsom Street)	640 (195)	62	—	37°47′06.8″N 122°23′51.2″W	Applied by Ground Matrix in August 2021.[259] Designed by Arquitectonica and applied by Align Real Estate.[260]
530 Sansome Street	544 (166)	41	—	37°47′44″N 122°24′5″W	Proposed in August 2024 by Related Companies as a mixed-use office and hotel development[261] To be built on the current site of San Francisco Fire Department Station 13; as part of the project, a new station would be constructed at 447 Battery Street.[262]
Central SOMA Tower (636–648 4th Street)	461 (141)	46	—	37°46′40.1″N 122°23′46.8″W	SF Planning Department made initial feedback in March 2023.[263]

Timeline of tallest buildings

This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in San Francisco as well as the current titleholder, the Salesforce Tower.

The original Palace Hotel stood as San Francisco's tallest building from 1875 until 1890.

Name	Image	Street address	Years as tallest	Height ft (m)	Floors	Notes
Montgomery Block		628 Montgomery Street	1853–1854	~50 (15)	4	[264][265][266]
Old Saint Mary's Cathedral		660 California Street	1854–1875	90 (27)	1	[267][268][269][270]
Palace Hotel		2 New Montgomery Street	1875–1890	120 (37)	7	[note 1][271][272]
Chronicle Building		690 Market Street	1890–1898	218 (66)	10	[273]
Call Building		703 Market Street	1898–1922	315 (96)	15	[note 2][274]
225 Bush Street		225 Bush Street	1922–1925	328 (100)	22	[275]
140 New Montgomery		140 New Montgomery Street	1925–1964	435 (133)	26	[note 3][276]
650 California Street		650 California Street	1964–1967	466 (142)	33	[note 4][277]
44 Montgomery Street		44 Montgomery Street	1967–1969	565 (172)	43	[278]
555 California Street		555 California Street	1969–1972	779 (237)	52	[note 5][279]
Transamerica Pyramid		600 Montgomery Street	1972–2018	853 (260)	48	[280]
Salesforce Tower		415 Mission Street	2018–present	1,070 (326)	61	[281]

Notes

1. The original Palace Hotel burned down in 1906.
2. The Call Building was renamed the Spreckels Building in 1913 and was heavily modified in 1938, lowering its height to 299 feet (91 m).
3. The Russ Building, completed in 1927, was only a few inches (0.1 meters) taller than the height of the Pacific Telephone Building. The two buildings can be considered to be tied for the title of San Francisco's tallest building, which they held unti 1964.
4. This building was constructed as the Hartford Building, but is now more commonly known as 650 California Street.
5. This building was constructed as the Bank of America Center, but was renamed to 555 California Street in 2005.